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Diagram showing the type I collagen cable that runs along the alveolar wall of the mammalian lung and helps to maintain its mechanical integrity. Because it traverses one side of each capillary, the wall is thickened in this region, and this interferes with the diffusion of gas. [Modified from West et al. (39).]
